Syllabus: SUMMER 2016 SECOND SUMMER SESSION: JULY 12-AUGUST 18

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1 1 Syllabus: SUMMER 2016 SECOND SUMMER SESSION: JULY 12-AUGUST 18 COURSE: History United States History TO 1877 INSTRUCTOR: Saul Panski SECTION NUMBER: #2321 MTUWTH 10:30-12:35 p.m. ROOM: SOCS 117 PHONE: (310) X2560 OFFICE HOUR: MTH 10:00-10:30 a.m. ART/BEHAV SCI spanski@elcamino.edu Important dates: Last day to drop course without notation on grade record 7/14/16 Last day to drop course with W on grade record 8/9/16 I. MISSION STATEMENT: El Camino College offers quality, comprehensive educational programs and services to ensure the educational success of students from our diverse community. II. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a chronological survey of American history from the first Americans to 1877, focusing on American social, intellectual, political, economic, and diplomatic institutions. Major topics in the course include colonization, slavery, the American Revolution, Native Americans, the Civil War and Reconstruction. III. COURSE PREREQUISITE: Recommended: Eligibility for English 1A IV. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Compare and contrast the cultural traditions, values and life styles of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans in the early colonial period. 2. Assess the American colonial experience under English domination through the political, social, economic, and cultural forces that shaped its development. 3. Describe the institution of slavery and the experience of enslaved peoples during the colonial era; and explain why slavery became the dominant labor

2 2 system in the southern colonies and how it impacted American social, political and economic systems. 4. Compare and contrast the Spanish, French and British colonies in North America. 5. Analyze the major events and ideas that gave rise to the American Revolution against English rule and assess the outcome of the war. 6. Identify the competing political philosophies in the early national period and explain how they impacted the creation of the Constitution and the expansion of democracy. 7. Define the basic principles of American foreign policy from 1789 through the Civil War era, and explain how those principles were applied to American interactions with foreign nations, including Native Americans in the West. 8. Evaluate the evolution of the institutions of family, school, workplace, and community from the colonial era through the Civil War period. 9. Identify and describe the impact of early nineteenth century European immigration on American culture, society, politics, and the economy. 10. Define the concept of Manifest Destiny and evaluate the process and consequences of westward expansion, including the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans and Mexicans. 11. Identify the nineteenth century reform movements aimed at the eradication of social ills in American society and assess how they influenced racial relations, gender roles and the social hierarchy. 12. Discuss the following issues in regards to the expansion of slavery in the nineteenth century: the evolving experiences and culture of enslaved peoples, the northern reaction to slavery, and the impact of slavery on southern economic and social systems. 13. Analyze the causes, course, and outcome of the Civil War. 14. Determine how political conflicts after the Civil War led to the creation of federal and State Reconstruction programs and assess the successes and failures of those programs. V. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Upon completion of United States History to 1877, students will be able to develop and persuasively argue a historical thesis in a written assignment that identifies and explains major

3 3 social, economic, political and/or cultural historical themes or patterns in United States history to 1877 and apply appropriate historical methods to analyze and use primary and/or secondary sources as evidence to support the thesis. VI. COURSE TEXT: Making America: A History of the United States 7 th Cengage Learning, 2015 ISBN: Edition, Volume I Carol Berkin et. al This book is available in the ECC Bookstore for purchase or rental. xtbooks%2fmain.html&design=441 An e-text copy of this book can also be purchased at Vital Source by using the following links. A student subscription is valid for six months. carol-berkin-v VII. ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES: Students will be evaluated and assessed to demonstrate understanding of subject matter through the following activities: A. A six-page essay supporting a thesis, using primary and secondary source documents. B. Multiple choice written examinations VIII. EVALUATION CRITERIA: History 101 is a Credit/Degree applicable course and the grade is based on points earned from a written essay and performance on multiple choice exams. It is anticipated that there will be ONE written essay assignment and at least FIVE multiple choice exams The essay will receive a letter grade as follows: A= 12 points B =10 points C= 6 points D= 3 points NO late essays will be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made.

4 4 Each exam will receive a letter grade with points as follows: A=4 points B=3 points C=2 points D=1 point F=no points IX. GRADING Grades will be based on accumulated points. Students will earn a grade based on the earned percentage of possible cumulative points from the essay and exams. 85% A 75% B 50% C 25% D Below 25% =F X. SEMESTER SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND EXAMS WEEK 1 Chapter 1 Making a New World, to 1588 Chapter 2 A Continent on the Move Chapter 3 Founding the English Mainland Colonies, Examination #1 WEEK 2 Chapter 4 The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, Chapter 5 Deciding Where Loyalties Lie, Examination #2 WEEK 3 Chapter 6 Recreating America: Independence and a New Nation, Chapter 7 Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, Examination #3 Chapter 8 The Early Republic, Chapter 9 Increasing Conflict and War, Examination #4 WEEK 4 Chapter 10 The Rise of a New Nation, Chapter 11 The Great Transformation: Growth and Expansion, Examination #5

5 5 WEEK 5 Chapter 12 Responses to the Great Transformation, Chapter 13 Sectional Conflict and Shattered Union, Examination #6 Essay Due 8/9/16 WEEK 6 Chapter 14 A Violent Choice, Civil War, Chapter 15 Reconstruction, High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, FINAL EXAMINATION 8/18/16 XI. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS 1. Attendance at first class Students who enroll in class but do not attend the first scheduled class meeting may be dropped from the roster. A student who registers for a class and never attends is still responsible for dropping the class. 2. Attendance without official enrollment Students will not be permitted to attend classes in which they are not enrolled. 3. Attendance during semester A student may be dropped from class when the number of hours absent exceeds 10% of the scheduled class meeting time. This rule also applies to excessive absences due to illness or medical treatment. 4. Children in Classroom Children are not permitted in classrooms while class is in session. Attendance in class is limited to officially enrolled students and authorized visitors or guests. In addition, students must not allow children to be left unsupervised or unattended anywhere on campus XII. ACADEMIC HONESTY El Camino College is dedicated to maintaining an optimal learning environment and insists upon academic honesty. To uphold the academic integrity of the institution, all members of the academic community, faculty, staff and students alike, must assume responsibility for providing an educational environment of the highest standards characterized by a spirit of academic honesty. It is the responsibility of all members of the academic community to behave in a manner which encourages learning and promotes honesty and to act with fairness toward others. Students should not seek an unfair advantage over other students when completing an

6 6 assignment, taking an examination, or engaging in any other kind of academic activity The following misconduct shall constitute good cause for discipline, including but not limited to the removal, suspension, or expulsion of a student. a. Cheating, plagiarism (including plagiarism in a student publication), or engaging in other academic dishonesty including but not limited to: i. Representing the words, ideas, or work of another as one s own in any academic exercise including the use of commercial term paper companies or online sources for essays, term papers, or research papers, whether free or paid. ii. Copying from another student or former student or allowing another student to copy from one s work. iii. Allowing another individual to assume one s identity or assuming the identity of another individual. iv. Changing answers on a previously scored test, assignment, or experiment with the intent to defraud. v. Inventing data for the purpose of completing an assignment, a laboratory experiment, or case study analysis with the intent to defraud. vi. Obtaining or copying exams or test questions when prohibited by the instructor. vii. Giving or receiving information during an examination or test by any means such as sign language, hand signals or secret codes, or through the use of any electronic device. viii. Using aids such as notes, calculators, or electronic devices unless specifically authorized by the instructor. ix. Handing in the same paper or other assignment in more than one class when prohibited by the instructor. x. Any other action which is not an honest reflection of a student s own academic work. b. Other forms of dishonesty, including but not limited to forgery or attempted forgery of any academic record; alteration or misuse of college documents, records or identification; or knowingly furnishing false information to the District. c. Unauthorized preparation, giving, selling, transfer, distribution, or publication, for any commercial purpose, of any contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation in a classroom or equivalent site of instruction, including but not limited to handwritten or typewritten class notes, except as permitted by any District policy or administrative procedure. XIII: SPECIAL ACCOMODATIONS EL Camino College is committed to providing educational accommodations for students with disabilities upon the timely request of the student to the instructor. A student with a disability, who would like to request an academic accommodation, is responsible for identifying himself/herself to the instructor and to the Special Resources Center. To make arrangements for

7 7 academic accommodations, contact the Special Resources Center. You can contact the SRC at XIV. DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: Students will be notified ahead of time if and when any changes are made to the course requirements, schedule, or policies. XV. TURNITIN.COM FOR ESSAY SUBMITTALS HISTORY 101 CLASS ID CLASS PASSWORD: CORNWELL Turnitin.com Instructions and Information The papers for this class will be submitted via Turnitin.com to the instructor. Write your papers using standard programs, such as MS Word, or create a PDF file. Turnitin software will scan your papers to determine the degree to which you may have copied the work of others. Be sure to put what you learn in your own words. If your paper contains plagiarism, then you will receive little or no credit for the entire paper. After submitting a paper, Turnitin will generate an Originality Report. Acceptable work should be in the blue or green range not red, orange, or yellow and there should be no large sections of text that are identified as copied. In other words, possibly copied text should be short quotations or phrases and spread throughout the paper. After submitting a paper, you will have the opportunity to view the Originality Report and use it to identify the problematic parts of your paper. You may then revise and resubmit your paper. (To resubmit, just follow the instructions for submitting the paper again.) Your instructor will only get to see your paper on the due date for the paper, so he will only see the last version of the paper that was uploaded into Turnitin.com. Creating a Turnitin.com Account If you have used Turnitin.com in another class, then you already have an account and can skip these instructions. If you have never used Turnitin.com to submit a paper in another class, then you must first create an account. Click on the create account link at the top of the Turnitin.com webpage, and follow the instructions. 1) Click Student 2) Enter class ID number 3) Enter class Password 4) Create your own Password

8 8 5) Answer a security question 6) Click agreement to terms of usage Enrolling in the Class in Turnitin.com If you already have a Turnitin account, you must enroll yourself in History 101 in to access the assignments for appropriate submittal/uploading. 1. Log into Turnitin. 2. Click on the enroll in a class tab on the student homepage. 3. Enter the class ID and enrollment password for the class: 4. Click submit to enroll in the class and add it to the student user homepage. Submitting a Paper in Turnitin.com To submit a paper: 1. Click on the name of the class. 2. Click on the Submit button to the right of the assignment name. 3. Select single file upload from the choose a paper submission method pull down menu. 4. Click the Browse button and select the file to upload. Fill in the submission title field with the name of the paper. 5. Click upload to upload the file. A status bar will appear displaying the upload progress. 6. Review the preview panel. This is a text only version of the paper being uploaded. Confirm that it is the correct version of the file to send. (The complete paper with formatting will be uploaded and will be available to you and the instructor in Turnitin.) 7. Click the submit button. 8. After the submission has been completed, a digital receipt is displayed on screen. A copy is also sent via to the address that was used as your login. Save the receipt and the paper ID it contains: this is your proof of a completed submission. Viewing the Originality Report for Your Paper After submitting a paper, Turnitin will automatically generate an Originality Report. After submitting the report, click on the Class Porfolio tab on the upper left and you will see that your paper is processing. It may take some time it will take minutes (10 minutes or more), not hours; be patient. To view the Originality Report for your paper, click on the bar underneath the Similarity heading.

9 9 Plagiarism: Plagiarism is not tolerated in any form, whether intentional or unintentional. Plagiarism ( copying ) is presenting someone else s work as your own. Altering a few words here and there does not make the work your own, nor does eliminating, adding, or switching the order of a few sentences or clauses. It is still copying. Make sure that you present the information in your own words. You may use quotes ( ) to indicate where you have used someone else s material, but do not let your work become a string of quotes without any of your own analysis. Copying without attribution is still stealing someone else s work and claiming it as your own. It is lying about your own efforts and understanding.